Los Angeles Galaxy Legend and Assistant Coach Cobi Jones Teams Up with Fox Sports en Espanol, HOLA and LA City Rec & Parks to Host Soccer Clinic in LA

Los Angeles Galaxy Legend and Assistant Coach Cobi Jones Teams Up with Fox Sports en Espanol, HOLA and LA City Rec & Parks to Host Soccer Clinic in LA

Legendary Soccer Star to Host Event that Inspires Inner-City Youth to Pursue their Dreams

 LOS ANGELES, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --    What:   LA Galaxy legend Cobi Jones, Fox Sports en Espanol, HOLA and LA           City Recreation & Parks will host an exciting soccer clinic in Los           Angeles, aimed at empowering inner-city youth to advance their           lives by improving their grades and preparing for college. Forty           young people from the Rampart District will get the chance to           attend a soccer clinic hosted by Cobi Jones and get pointers to           enhance their soccer skills.    WHERE:  Lafayette Park Recreation Center           600 Lafayette Park Place           Los Angeles, CA 90026    WHEN:   Wednesday, May 20th           4 - 6pm PT    WHO:    Cobi Jones - 12-year veteran and current assistant coach for the           Los Angeles Galaxy   

CONTACT: Cobi Jones and HOLA Athlete All-Stars will be available for interviews after the soccer clinic. For more information and to reserve your credentials please contact:

   Jennifer Serna                      Melissa Carrion   Fox Sports en Espanol               The Jeffrey Group   jennifer.serna@fox.com              mcarrion@jeffreygroup.com   310-444-8736                        212-620-4100 ext. 313    About Fox Sports en Espanol  

Reaching more than 14 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which over 5 million are U.S. Hispanic Households, Fox Sports en Espanol is the leader in Spanish-language sports media. We feature premier soccer programming with exclusive coverage of the top leagues and tournaments in Latin America and Europe; coverage of the Major League Baseball regular season, All-Star Game, American League Championship Series and World Series; championship boxing and UFC(R) and mixed-martial arts across four compelling media platforms. With more than 1,600 hours of live and exclusive programming, a robust web site brimming with streaming video, portable content from FSE Movil and the Fox Sports en Espanol Magazine, we are and will continue to be the first name in the U.S. Hispanic sports space.

Fox Sports en Espanol is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation's (NYSE:NWS) Fox Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Espanol online at foxsportsla.msn.com.

About Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA)

Founded 20 years ago with just five kids and a basketball, Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) has grown into a multi-cultural center that offers free after- school programs for a growing population of children who are in urgent need of supplemental services. Together, Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and HOLA provide a safe and supportive environment for more than 1,300 inner-city youth in the Rampart District of Los Angeles each year. The mission of Heart of Los Angeles is to provide underserved youth with exceptional programs in academics, arts and athletics in a nurturing environment, empowering them to develop their potential, pursue their education and strengthen their communities. For any additional information on HOLA, please contact Gita Wenaweser, 213-389-1148 extension 241 and/or visit the website at www.heartofla.org .

About Cobi Jones

COBI JONES is a true Southern California sports legend, scoring the first goal in Los Angeles Galaxy club history and maintaining the title of the longest standing member of the MLS dynasty as a 12-year player for the club and now in his second season as an assistant coach. A two-time MLS Cup winner (2002 and 2005), Jones also has a storied international career with the US Men's National Soccer Team, being a permanent fixture from 1992- 2004, playing in three consecutive World Cups (1994, 1998, 2002). For his career, Jones amassed a record 164 caps for the Red, White and Blue, scoring 15 goals and adding 22 assists, which are the second most in National Team history. A native of Westlake Village, Calif., Jones played college soccer at UCLA, eventually leading the Bruins to the 1990 NCAA Championship. Enshrined into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 2002, Jones finished his college career with 23 goals and 37 assists in 90 games. After representing the U.S. at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Jones went on to play overseas in both Europe and South America, spending time with Coventry City of the English Premier League and Brazilian side Vasco de Gama. Jones, considered to be one of the best soccer players the United States has ever produced, works closely with youth soccer organizations around the country as an ambassador to HOLA, Cal South (inducted in the Cal South Hall of Fame in 2009), AYSO, the US Soccer Foundation and AmericaSCORES.

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Source: Fox Sports en Espanol

CONTACT: Jennifer Serna, Fox Sports en Espanol, jennifer.serna@fox.com,
+1-310-444-8736; or Melissa Carrion, The Jeffrey Group,
mcarrion@jeffreygroup.com, +1-212-620-4100, ext. 313, for Fox Sports en
Espanol

Web site: http://www.foxsportsla.msn.com/
http://www.heartofla.org/

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